“That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.” KnowsTryingDifferentEndsSongChallengesGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulTalentSongwriters Author:Margaret Whiting
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.” WantedFatherHouseGrowing UpGrowingTalentPaintingPaintCornersPainterBoredKnocking Author:Markus Zusak
“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".” IfsWorldPlayShowsBigsWantedSongDealsGrowing UpGrowingTalentSellsRadioAround The WorldBig DealNashvillePlaces To GoSaying Hi Author:Willie Nelson
“Back in the days when I was growing up, the SWAC had as good of talent as any schools in the state.” StatesSchoolGrowing UpGrowingTalent Author:James Green
“As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.” HelpingShowsNightLordGrowing UpGrowingTalentGoes OnLet MeSeriesSundayFifteenLet Me GoSunday NightTalent Show Author:Otis Redding
“My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.” Growing UpGrowingPlayerTalentBasketballEthicsIdolsWork EthicJordanBasketball Player Author:Justin Timberlake
“I've sung my whole life. I did a lot of musical theater growing up, I sing in the shower, sing in the car, sing everywhere really, on set at Chuck, all the time. I like it, and I've always felt like I've had a knack for it, or a talent for it, on some level, I don't know.” KnowsWholeFeltLevelsGrowing UpGrowingTalentCarTheaterMusicalWhole LifeShowersChuckKnackMusical Theater Author:Zachary Levi
“Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.” PlaySchoolRolesEconomyGrowingTalentCoupleEnginesCaregivers Author:Indra Nooyi
“Hopefully, some day I help some of this up-and-coming talent and promote them. Boxing is growing and is here to stay.” HelpingGrowingTalentHopefullyBoxing Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing.” IfsWantDifficultGrowingTalentRangeThriveScare Author:Nina Dobrev
“When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid, you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story, you're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.” PersonsStoriesKidsAgeEmotionGrowingTalentAddInstinctHopefullyTrajectoryRaw TalentRaw EmotionDirecting MoviesGrowing As A Person Author:F. Gary Gray
“I knew no one in this business, and the only acting I'd ever done was in a first-grade play. I understood some of my talents - growing up playing piano, and my operatic voice led me to All-State in my first, and only, year of singing - but I didn't yet know all of my capacities. My parents felt helpless, as they knew nothing about this world and couldn't help me in any way except through pure love.” KnowsWorldWayYearsFirstsStatesDonePlayHelpingFeltParentVoiceActingGrowing UpGrowingTalentThis WorldPureSingingUnderstoodCapacityPianoGradesHelp MeHelplessPure LovePlaying PianoAll State Author:Idara Victor
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina